DIY Handbag Design: Wings
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I had some quality art + design time. You know what that means: (*wink, wink*) I painted something. I wanted to use my wings sketch on a handbag. So I broke out one of my Thirty-One purse skirts, and promptly began altering it. Because of its length, this grey purse skirt was perfect for the job. First, I sketched my design on the bag in pencil. Then I used a black Pentel gel roller for fabric to trace my design. The fabric has less cotton content than that of a canvas bag. That just meant that I occasionally had to clean little fuzz bits off the point of my pens. I love my Posca fabric pens . Originally, I was not planning to use the white marker, but my daughter talked me into it. Time to put the skirt back on the purse! I enjoyed this project. One challenge was finding wings that were appropriate for the size requirements. Through my sketching, I learned that it's